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What's The All Time Dumbest TB Debate??

Which Subject Is The Dumbest??

  • Pick vs Fingers

    Votes: 42 29.6%
  • Tube vs Solid State

    Votes: 10 7.0%
  • Cover Band vs Original Band

    Votes: 33 23.2%
  • Black Folks Just Play Bass Better Than White Folks

    Votes: 51 35.9%
  • P Bass vs J Bass

    Votes: 36 25.4%
  • Active vs Passive

    Votes: 16 11.3%
  • Monster Cables vs Generic

    Votes: 29 20.4%
  • Mark Wilson vs Fail

    Votes: 13 9.2%
  • John Turner vs Chuck Norris

    Votes: 12 8.5%
  • Carrots vs Bacon

    Votes: 27 19.0%
  • This one

    Votes: 27 19.0%

  • Total voters
    142
  • Poll closed .
My favorite idiotic thread is "If I want to get the same tone as -(choose one): Jaco, Geddy, Flea, Bootsy, Jamerson, fieldy, Pete Wentz- should I get this: (choose one) bass, amp, effect, preamp, cabinet, cable, pick, stringwinder, etc.?????"

The answers are invariably pretty useless given that the tone they're after is usually either a function of the players ridiculous chops or the insane production the signal has been through. In the end there's not a bass or piece of equipment in the world that will make me or anyone else sound like any of those guys except Pete Wentz.